1. Sequence of Events; Summarization Lesson James Forten: from Now Is Your Time!
Unit 3, Lesson 14
Day # 1
Created by: M. Christoff,
Enrichment Specialist, Field Local Schools

2. Objectives for Today
Students will identify the sequence of events.
Students will infer unstated events and their sequence.
Students will summarize a text, using sequence.

3. is the order in which events take place.
Sequence of Events
is the order in which events take place.

4. To briefly restate important parts of your text in your own words.
Summarize
To briefly restate important parts of your text in your own words.

5. is the time sequence of events.
Chronological Order
is the time sequence of events.

6. Sequencing of Events and Summarization
Good readers use the sequence of events to summarize and help the them understand informational text.
Read the Background on page 350.

7. Sequence of Events
Authors may organize their information and ideas in chronological order.
When signal words such as first, then, and finally are not used, it is up to readers to infer sequence.

8. Sequence of Events
We will use a Flow Chart to help organize events in order from the selection.

9. Privateers (Projectable 14.2)
During the Revolutionary War, the Americans allowed private ships to join the navy as privateers.
These boats were manned by private citizens to capture enemy ships.
First, a privateer would attack an enemy supply ship.

10. Privateers (Projectable 14.2)
Then sailors from the privateer would board the captured enemy ship.
The privateer captain and several crew members sailed the enemy ship to a friendly port.
Next, a court official at port looked at the captured ship’s papers

11. Privateers (Projectable 14.2)
and crew to see if the ship did belong to the enemy. If it did, the court would sell the ship and all it carried.
Finally, the money made from the sale would be divided and shared.

12. Think Aloud I see signal words in the passage.
However, I also see that the order of certain events has to be inferred.
Knowing that the events are in chronological order will help.

13. Use a Flow Chart to record the sequence of events. (Projectable 14.2)
Event 1: Private ship joins American Navy as privateer.
Event 2: Privateer attacks and captures an enemy ship.
Event 3: Sailors bring the enemy ship to a friendly port.
Event 4: Courts decide if the ship belonged to the enemy.
Event 5: The ship sold and money shared.

14. Think Aloud
The events from the Flow Chart make a nice summary of the story. “ A private ship joins the American Navy as a privateer. It attacks and captures an enemy ship. The sailors bring the enemy ship to a friendly port. Courts decide if the ship belonged to the enemy. Then the ship is sold, and the money is shared.”

15. Sequence of Events; Summarization Lesson James Forten from Now Is Your Time!
Unit 3, Lesson 14
Day # 2
Created by: M. Christoff,
Enrichment Specialist, Field Local Schools

16. Objectives for Today
Students will identify the sequence of events.
Students will infer unstated events and their sequence.
Students will summarize a text, using sequence.

17. is the order in which events take place.
Sequence of Events
is the order in which events take place.

18. To briefly restate important parts of your text in your own words.
Summarize
To briefly restate important parts of your text in your own words.

19. is the time sequence of events.
Chronological Order
is the time sequence of events.

20. Sequencing of Events and Summarization
Good readers use the sequence of events to summarize and help the them understand informational text.

21. Sequence of Events
Authors may organize their information and ideas in chronological order.
When signal words such as first, then, and finally are not used, it is up to readers to infer the sequence.

22. Sequence of Events
We will use a Flow Chart to help organize events in order from the selection, James Forten.
Authors may write events out of order. Dates and signal words can help the reader organize events in chronological order.

23. Use a Flow Chart to record the sequence of events of James Forten’s Life. (Projectable 14.3b)
Event 1: James was born in Philadelphia in He went to school and helped his father make sails in a shop. When James was seven, his father died.
Event 2: In 1781, when James was 14, his mother gave him permission to go to sea.
Event 3: In the summer of 1781, James was on the Royal Louis. The Royal Lewis engaged in battle with the British ship Active.
Event 4: The Active surrendered. The Royal Louis then sailed into a trap. The crew of the Royal Louis became prisoners on a British ship.
Event 5: James befriended the British captain’s son. Then James was sent to a British prison ship instead of to the West Indies as a slave.

24. Think Aloud Summarization
To summarize the events after the Active surrendered, I’ll identify the main idea. The Royal Louis works as a privateer. Then I’ll figure out the important details that support that idea.
First, the Royal Louis turned over the Active’s prisoners to military authorities. Then, it restocked its crew and supplies, and returned to sea.

25. In 1781, James signed up to go on to the Royal Louis. Event 2:
What sequence of events happened after James signed up to go on the Royal Louis? Tell the events in chronological order. (pp ) (Projectable 14.4)
Event 1:
In 1781, James signed up to go on to the Royal Louis.
Event 2:
The Royal Louis entered into a battle with the Active.
Event 3:
The Active surrendered.
Event 4:
On September 27, the Active was sold and the profits were split.

26. Think Aloud
The text states that James signed up to go on the Royal Louis in Then it goes on to state that the Royal Louis get into a battle with the Active.
As I read further, I can see that the text continues to tell about events in James’s life in the order that they happened.
It includes some dates. Dates can act as signal words, and I know that signal words help me understand that the text is structured in chronological order.

27. Questions To Think About p. 359-361
How do we know when the crew of the Royal Louis was taken aboard the Amphyon?
The text says that the Royal Louis sailed into a British trap on October 16, When they surrendered, they were taken aboard the Amphyon.
What happened to James aboard the Amphyon?
James became friends with the British captain’s son and was sent to the Jersey, a prison ship.

28. On October 16, 1781, the Royal Louis sailed into a British trap.
What are the main events that happen after the Royal Louis sets out for the second time? Tell the events in chronological order. (pp ) (Projectable 14.4)
Event 1:
On October 16, 1781, the Royal Louis sailed into a British trap.
Event 2:
The crew surrendered and was taken aboard the Amphyon.
Event 3:
James became friends with the British captain’s son and was sent to the Jersey, a prison ship.
Event 4:
News of General Cornwallis’s surrender arrived.

29. The structure is sequential because events are described in order.
Does the author mostly use sequential structure, or are there many flashbacks? Use text evidence to support your answer.(pp )
The structure is sequential because events are described in order.
The story begins with James’s birth and ends with his becoming a wealthy abolitionist.

30. Review of Sequencing of Events and Summarization
Good readers use the sequence of events to summarize and help the them understand informational text.

31. Review of Sequence of Events
Authors may organize their information and ideas in chronological order.
When signal words such as first, then, and finally are not used, it is up to readers to infer the sequence.